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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Virginia lists publisher MARRY FLOOD BYRD and notes daily except Sunday publication. It details subscription rates for varying terms and carrier delivery, includes Associated Press affiliation and address guidance for communications.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason laments that the Christmas spirit wanes after indulgent feasting. The piece notes how turkey and rich desserts inflate mood briefly, then collapse as overfullness and fatigue creep in, leaving people worn and blue after the holiday.
A vintage health ad promotes Pento-Mangan as a blood boosting tonic to prevent illness and raise resistance. It warns of weak blood allowing disease and claims the product cleanses waste and supports energy, with forms including tablet and liquid. Also notes Hopewell Sunday school Christmas program on the 19th at 7.
A Wilmington restaurant announces the reappearance of the nickel sandwich for the first time in four years. General food prices are cut by 25 percent, as customers flock to the revived item and lower costs.
Robert Taylor of Route 2 Harrisonburg Virginia credits Dreco with stopping cramps bloating and backache after meals. He claims four bottles let him eat what he wants with no gas or medicine and says Dreco improves sleep nerves and digestion. Miller's Drug Store Winchester sells it.
The article lists religious services at the church with a morning sermon titled The Heavenly Way and an evening service on The Transcendent Love of Christ. Sunday school and Men’s Bible class are scheduled, with Baptist Young People’s Union in the evening. Pastor Charles Adey leads.
The Shenandoah County Ministers Association declared a resolution condemning dancing and especially the modern dance during their session this week. They also discussed present day amusements and related concerns.
Clarke county supervisors vote to establish a road superintendent position with about 25000 pounds yearly for road work and seek a competent candidate to fill the job.
Tremendous demand reported for nurses at Memorial Hospital in Winchester. The Front Royal Record notes Memorial Hospital offers a splendid opportunity for young women in the region to begin training, advising interested applicants to write Miss Didter, superintendent.
Meeting will consider remedies for unsatisfactory and unsanitary hotel conditions. Commercial travelers are scheduled to meet next turkey night at the Pythian Castle, as reported by the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Luth er Kline of Fishers Hill and Elwood Smith of near Strasburg were fined after an arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and disorderly conduct. Justice W B Allen heard the case. Kline paid 21.25 dollars and Smith 11.26 dollars. Mrs. J D Coffman of Pataskala Ohio visits Winchester to spend Christmas with her mother. Red Cross Seals are urged for charity.
A newspaper snippet urges readers to name Shenandoah Valley National Bank as executor and trustee to avoid family disputes over estates. It stresses responsible management and recommends consulting a lawyer to prepare a will. The bank, founded in 1866, promotes the slogan Where Savings Are Safe.
A telegram from Thomas B. Kennedy, General Superintendent, informs A J Dehart of Cumberland Valley Division Winchester Virginia that he, as foreman of S D No 22, has won the annual premium of 50 dollars for the best line and surface in Supervisor's Division No 40 during 1919 1920. The check is enclosed and praise is given for maintaining good condition despite labor scarcity.
Julius C. Davis, noted shoe maker, whose hip fractured in an accident at Main and Water streets over two months ago, continues to improve at his Valley avenue home and is now able to sit up. Full use of the limb will take more time.
Cards announce the marriage of Miss Jane Bushong of Shenandoah county to Milla Kitchin of North Carolina. The bride is granddaughter of E M Bushong of Woodstock. The groom, son of Congressman Claude Kitchin, is an attorney connected with the government in Washington.
Greensboro North Carolina announces the betrothal of Miss Mary Elizabeth Lane to Mr W W Old Jr the engagement announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Lestie C Lane. The wedding is planned for early spring. George W Forsythe of West Hoboken New Jersey arrived to spend Christmas with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harry B Keckley on South Market Street.
B L Allen of Portsmouth Ohio, assistant foreman for the Norfolk and Western Railway, reports using The Reese Formula R-11 for stomach liver and kidney troubles. After two thirds of a bottle he says he eats like a horse sleeps like a country boy and feels sixteen again. He offers his name for confirmation and endorsement.
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